5 Fast Weight Loss Tips For That Special Occasion

It’s sad, but true: Many people feel the need to starve themselves when they want to lose weight fast for a special occasion. Whether it is a wedding, birthday or even a class reunion there’s a large amount of pressure on people to look their best. And this pressure often leads to the yo-yo dieting and weight gain that is so widespread.

You know the pattern: You starve yourself and lose weight fast. But then when you go back to your normal eating habits you gain not only the weight you lost back, but you gain even more!

It’s the result of one thing: Starving your body of the nutrients it needs.

As you may have seen in an earlier post, your body’s metabolism actually burns more fat when it’s fed more often. So if you want to lose dress/pant sizes and inches fast you need to be good to yourself. And that means eating the foods it needs to help it melt fat.

So here are 5 easy and straightforward steps you can follow to help you lose pounds of pure fat.   And if followed properly, these steps will help you keep the weight off and for once and for all banish the yo-yo dieting.

1. Increase Non-Starchy Vegetable Intake

You have probably seen this many times before, but I guarantee it is one of the most important steps to losing weight . Why? Because eating non-starchy vegetables increases your fibre intake which makes you feel fuller quicker.

Another reason is that vegetables are energy consumers. It takes more energy to digest a vegetable than a type of carbohydrate. You could actually be in a negative calorie balance if you compared one carrot’s calories to the amount of calories it took to digest and utilize that carrot.

There are studies that show on average for those that ate 4 or more servings of non-starchy vegetables a day were the biggest losers when it came to weight loss

2. Protein Should Be At Every Meal

To safeguard your lean body mass while losing weight it is extremely imperative to put away some type of lean protein at every meal.

Protein is a great nutrient to stop you from overeating because it will fill you up quicker.

It is also another nutrient that is energy expensive, which means it takes more calories to digest and utilize protein than it does a carbohydrate.

Your best sources of protein are beef, chicken, fish, eggs, and dairy.

3. Eat Whole Grain Carbohydrates

Eating whole-grain carbohydrates regulates your insulin levels and prevents your body from producing too much insulin. This, in turn, keeps you losing weight.

Large amounts of insulin aids fat storage and fast digesting or simple carbohydrates produce large amounts of insulin. You want to limit or avoid these fast digesting carbs.

By doing this you not only improve your health, but will speed up your fat loss.

Some studies believe that up to 70% of successful weight loss stems from keeping insulin levels in check and to do this means eating whole grains and avoiding simple carbs.

4. Eat Healthier Fats

Consume adequate amounts of healthy fat foods such as olive oil, walnuts, almonds, or other Omega-3 products.

Healthy fats are great antioxidants. They also help with brain function and many other essential processes that take place in the body on a daily basis.

Essential Fatty acids also help prevent certain diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Some studies are starting to show that consuming Omega-3 products may boost your metabolism by as much as 400 calories a day.

5. Eat Regular Meals

There is a direct relation with eating patterns and food consumed as well as insulin levels.

Eat 4-6 small meals day a day instead of the usual 2-3 large meals. Eating frequently will help regulate and boost your metabolism to burn more calories.

By eating smaller portions throughout the day, you tend to eat less food overall. You also control your blood sugars because, by ingesting a steady state of nutrients throughout the day, your body has no need to significantly elevate insulin levels to handle large amounts of food.

If you make these simple changes to your diet and take part in an exercise program that has you burning calories then you will drop dress/pant sizes and inches quickly, safely and permanently!

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